[Magdalen] Fire at Notre Dame de Paris.
Grace Cangialosi
gracecan at gmail.com
Tue Apr 16 03:36:24 UTC 2019
Where have you found pictures, Scott?
> On Apr 15, 2019, at 11:34 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Roses to the medieval architects and builders. The roof can burn right off
> but the vaulting remains (needs extensive fixing, though, yes). I was
> amazed at the first photos from inside...lots of water, yes, but altars,
> altar cross, acres of chairs still in place mostly. Maybe the first things
> are to reroof, certify soundness, then make the cathedral usable although
> in a rough, minimalist state, and notably without the organs. Well, there
> are the windows to deal with...no small project, but one can imagine
> rebuilding in some form.
>
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 2:12 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
>> Notre Dame also survived Napoleon, who had his coronation there
>> andfamously snatched the crown from the Pope who was there for that
>> event,to crown himself. In contrast to England's Westminster Abbey
>> thatserves as the coronation church as well as the location for the royal
>> tombsFrance divides functions with coronations at Reims Cathedral and
>> royaltombs at Saint Denis Abbey.
>> In a message dated 4/15/2019 2:59:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> michaudme at gmail.com writes:
>>
>> The Cathedral survived the Revolution (although very damaged) and will be
>> saved again.
>> -M
>>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
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